Ansa 100208 215771027 2008-05-29T17:11:22Z PamD 1368779 only one blue link per entry, generally - tidied, unpipe links per [[wp:mosdab]] '''Ansa''' or '''ANSA''' can refer to any of the following: *[[Ansa (queen)]], 8th century, wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards * Ansa means constant in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. * [[Ansa (Hinduism)]] ('''{{IAST|Aṃśa}}''') in Hinduism, is a solar deity and one of the [[Aditya]]s. * As the acronym ANSA: **[[ANSA (news agency)]], Italian news agency *** [[Ansa Mediterranean]] or ANSAmed, section of the above ** [[Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia]] ** [[Alliance of Norwegian Students Abroad]] ** [[Australian Network of Student Anthropologists]], student-run arm of the [[Australian Anthropological Society]]. ** ANSA: Italian Manufacturer of OEM exhaust systems for automobiles. ** [[ANSA Pre-processor]], commercial pre-processing software (Automatic Net-generation for Structural Analysis). ** '''Afhgan National Standards Association''', the [[International Organization for Standardization | ISO]] representative organization for Afghanistan. **'''ANSA''' is the ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' parallel to NASA and it is never made clear in the movies what the letters actually stand for. * '''Ansa''' is [[Latin]] for [[handle]]. It has several uses derived from this meaning: ** In astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of [[Saturn]] as seen in perspective from the earth: so-called because, in the earlier telescopes, they looked like handles projecting from the planet. ** In the plural, ansae, in astronomy, compact nebulosities such as can be found in [[protoplanetary nebulae]]. ** In anatomy the word is applied to nervous structures which resemble loops (for example, the [[ansa lenticularis]], [[ansa cervicalis]], and [[ansa nephroni]]). ** In [[archaeology]] it is used for the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase, which has often survived when the vase itself, being less durable, has disappeared. ** In chemistry it is used to describe a [[bridge (chemical)|bridge]] between to functional groups/ligands. {{disambig}} {{wiktionary|ansa}} [[it:Ansa]] [[pt:Ansa]]